Before we begin... the latest Stats Program and Stats Data are now permanently available in some links on the right hand side-bar of the blog ---->>
Popped Collars tonight showed that the key to success at indoor cricket is SERIOUSNESS! After spending many seasons, under many names, at various indoor cricket centers, unable to have any kind of success, the Popped Collars this season decided it was time to get serious - and it has payed off immediately, claiming the top grade premiership in their first "serious" season.
Victory tonight was comprehensive, after restricting minor premiers "4 Skins" to a team total of just 35. The bowlers took advantage of the new and good quality balls used for finals, and the fielding was near-flawless. The 4-Skins were a player short, but given the way the two teams performed on the night, it probably didn't alter the final result.
Jake began the match by clean bowling 4-Skin opener Chris on the opening jackpot ball. From there on things never got much better for the batting team. The opening pair made 7, and the second poked around for 28. Jake ended with figures of 3/-9, while Xavier, bowling late in the game, troubled the last 2 pairs as he took 4/-11 in helping to restrict the last two batting pairs to 9 and -9.
Even when the 4-Skins weren't getting out, they were also having trouble making runs. The back net was only hit twice during the entire innings, and both of them took the side-back route.
A change in batting order for the Popped Collars saw Rian and Gareth open, and despite starting the game with a dot ball and then a run-out, they made their way to a total of 33. Brad and Andrew kept the game interesting as they struggled to get things right and made a 4-Skin-esque total of -14. But the game never really looked like going any way other than a Popped Collars victory. Jake and Andy guided the ball around for a solid 46, including 36 from Jake earning him the player-of-the-match award. Jules and Xavier brought it home with a 59 - assisted by being able to choose 2 of their bowlers, and the opposition already having given up on the match.
See this week's 'Stat of the Week' on the right for individual performances from the GF.
Monday, 22 March 2010
Wednesday, 17 March 2010
Friday debut, semi-final, and golf
First off, you can download the new data file here, which now has the semi-final from Monday night included in it. Just replace the old "data.icd" file with this one.
Victory in the semi-final (against "Just One More", rather than "501" as I thought last week) takes us to the GRAND FINAL next week. Once again at our favourite time of 6:00!
Last Friday saw the debut of the Popped Collars subsidiary, GG, in the six-a-side comp at Lyneham. Some terrible fielding meant we began with a solid loss, but against a team who must undoubtedly be one of the top sides in the usually low-quality Friday comp. Once we get used to the ways of 6-a-side cricket, I think we should have no problem being fairly competitive in the top grade. I predict a top 4 finish.
And next, apparently, Popped Collars are branching out even beyond indoor cricket and into golf. We'll see how that goes.
Victory in the semi-final (against "Just One More", rather than "501" as I thought last week) takes us to the GRAND FINAL next week. Once again at our favourite time of 6:00!
Last Friday saw the debut of the Popped Collars subsidiary, GG, in the six-a-side comp at Lyneham. Some terrible fielding meant we began with a solid loss, but against a team who must undoubtedly be one of the top sides in the usually low-quality Friday comp. Once we get used to the ways of 6-a-side cricket, I think we should have no problem being fairly competitive in the top grade. I predict a top 4 finish.
And next, apparently, Popped Collars are branching out even beyond indoor cricket and into golf. We'll see how that goes.
Monday, 8 March 2010
Version 0.0.07
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This isn't really a new "version"... it's got nothing new from last time. But the data is now up to date. 4 new matches are in the database from last time - including both matches from tonight. So you can go back and relive, ball-by-ball the glory of G and X making -4 against a D-Grade team. Relive the double-header where we lost to a D-Grade team, and then went and beat the team who's coming 3rd in B-Grade.
So we finish 2nd on the ladder for the season... semi-finals next week, where we will play "501" again in the 2nd v 3rd match. At 6:00.... back to the good ol' time.
By the way, for you interest, our 7:20 and 8:40 double-header tonight broke a streak of 8 consecutive 6:00 matches.
This isn't really a new "version"... it's got nothing new from last time. But the data is now up to date. 4 new matches are in the database from last time - including both matches from tonight. So you can go back and relive, ball-by-ball the glory of G and X making -4 against a D-Grade team. Relive the double-header where we lost to a D-Grade team, and then went and beat the team who's coming 3rd in B-Grade.
So we finish 2nd on the ladder for the season... semi-finals next week, where we will play "501" again in the 2nd v 3rd match. At 6:00.... back to the good ol' time.
By the way, for you interest, our 7:20 and 8:40 double-header tonight broke a streak of 8 consecutive 6:00 matches.
Tuesday, 2 March 2010
Version 0.0.06
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It's the same as last week except that it works this time - and the scorecards now load in about 3-6 seconds, rather than 10-20 seconds. That's all I've had time for this week.
There are a few little things not quite right with the scorecards that need to be fixed. The yellow squares are supposed to indicate who was on strike each ball. But it doesn't seem to be picking up on balls where one player was on strike, but the other player got out (eg run-out). That's very minor - plus I want to think of a better way to show it than bright yellow squares anyway!
It also doesn't add additional balls to overs where extras get rebowled. The "!" symbol indicates that a ball was rebowled, but at the moment it's not adding those extra balls in to the card for you to see. Again, that's a minor thing (except in matches where Andy bowled the final over of course).
And so that inspired me to post "Most Extras Bowled" as the Stat-Of-The-Week. And in fact, it shows that it is not Andy who is king of the wides...
It's the same as last week except that it works this time - and the scorecards now load in about 3-6 seconds, rather than 10-20 seconds. That's all I've had time for this week.
There are a few little things not quite right with the scorecards that need to be fixed. The yellow squares are supposed to indicate who was on strike each ball. But it doesn't seem to be picking up on balls where one player was on strike, but the other player got out (eg run-out). That's very minor - plus I want to think of a better way to show it than bright yellow squares anyway!
It also doesn't add additional balls to overs where extras get rebowled. The "!" symbol indicates that a ball was rebowled, but at the moment it's not adding those extra balls in to the card for you to see. Again, that's a minor thing (except in matches where Andy bowled the final over of course).
And so that inspired me to post "Most Extras Bowled" as the Stat-Of-The-Week. And in fact, it shows that it is not Andy who is king of the wides...
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